
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


In certain cultures in Uganda and across Africa, a belief exists where departed husbands return as ethereal entities to engage in intimate encounters with their living partners. To ward off this phenomenon, women are required to perform Enkumbi. Ugandan presenter Daniel Leinhardt sets out to investigate this belief and its impact, including the role it may play in subjugating women. He from couples who see the Enkumbi rituals as something they still must perform, and women who think it's old fashioned nonsense but who still harbour the doubt of 'what if it's not?'
By BBC World Service4.3
16071,607 ratings
In certain cultures in Uganda and across Africa, a belief exists where departed husbands return as ethereal entities to engage in intimate encounters with their living partners. To ward off this phenomenon, women are required to perform Enkumbi. Ugandan presenter Daniel Leinhardt sets out to investigate this belief and its impact, including the role it may play in subjugating women. He from couples who see the Enkumbi rituals as something they still must perform, and women who think it's old fashioned nonsense but who still harbour the doubt of 'what if it's not?'

7,821 Listeners

1,111 Listeners

377 Listeners

527 Listeners

1,074 Listeners

307 Listeners

5,475 Listeners

971 Listeners

588 Listeners

1,833 Listeners

1,048 Listeners

363 Listeners

602 Listeners

975 Listeners

401 Listeners

738 Listeners

850 Listeners

996 Listeners

3,216 Listeners

765 Listeners

1,045 Listeners

366 Listeners